Vancouver Island: …along the west coast, and Cape Scott Provincial Park (58 square miles [151 square km]) is at its northwestern tip.

shoveler: …Cape, or Smith’s, shoveler (A. smithii) of South Africa; and the Australasian, or blue-winged, shoveler (A. rhynchotis) of New Zealand and Australia.

Precambrian: Ophiolites: …is an ophiolite in the Cape Smith belt on the south side of Hudson Bay in Canada whose age has been firmly established at 1.999 billion years. There is a 1.96-billion-year-old ophiolite in the Svecofennian belt of southern Finland, but most Proterozoic ophiolites are 1 billion to 570 million years…

African spiny mouse: The Cape spiny mouse (A. subspinosus) of South Africa is one of the smallest, with a body up to 10 cm long and a tail of less than 2 cm. Depending upon the species, fur covering the upperparts may be gray, grayish yellow, brownish red, or…

fynbos: as sunbirds (Nectarina) and the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer)—animals with which the proteoids have coevolved. Seed dispersal by ants occurs in an unusually large number of the plant species of the fynbos.

sundew: Major species: The Cape sundew (D. capensis), native to the Cape region of South Africa, features long narrow leaves with red-tipped glands and is commonly sold as a novelty plant. Two species (D. katangensis and D. insolita) native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo are listed as…

Cape Town, city and seaport, legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province. The city lies at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula some 30 miles (50 kilometres), at its southernmost boundary, north of the Cape of Good Hope. Because it was the site of the first European

Cape Town: Education: The University of Cape Town, also in Rondebosch, developed from South African College (founded in 1829) and formally came into being in 1918. The university has always demanded the right to admit students of all races, conditional only on the basis of academic merit, and an…

Cape tulip, any plant of the genus Haemanthus of the family Amaryllidaceae, consisting of about 50 species of ornamental South African herbs. Most species have dense clusters of red flowers and broad, blunt leaves that are grouped at the base of the plant. A few species have white flowers. Some

Point Ke Ga, the easternmost point of Vietnam, lying along the South China Sea. The promontory, rising to 2,316 feet (706 m) above the sea, lies southeast of Tuy Hoa and is a continuation of a massive southwest-northeast–trending granite spur of the Annamese Cordillera. Ke Ga is also the name of

Cabo Verde, country comprising a group of islands that lie 385 miles (620 km) off the west coast of Africa. Praia, on Santiago, is the capital. Cabo Verde is named for the westernmost cape of Africa, Cape Verde (French: Cap Vert), which is located in nearby Senegal and is the nearest point on the

Cape Verde Basin, submarine depression in the Atlantic Ocean that rises to meet the submerged Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge to the west and the western African coast to the east. With the contiguous Canary Basin (north), it forms an arc that swings around the western coast of Africa west and southwest

Cape Verde Peninsula, peninsula in west-central Senegal that is the westernmost point of the African continent. Formed by a combination of volcanic offshore islands and a land bridge produced by coastal currents, it projects into the Atlantic Ocean, bending back to the southeast at its tip.

horizontally striped national flag with two wide, unequal stripes of blue framing narrower stripes of white-red-white; a ring of 10 yellow stars is set off-centre toward the hoist. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 10 to 17.On July 5, 1975, the first national flag of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

history of Cabo Verde, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Cabo Verde. The islands off the west coast of Africa that constitute Cabo Verde were uninhabited until they were colonized by Portugal in the mid-15th century. After centuries under Portuguese rule, Cabo Verde won

Cabo Verde, country comprising a group of islands that lie 385 miles (620 km) off the west coast of Africa. Praia, on Santiago, is the capital. Cabo Verde is named for the westernmost cape of Africa, Cape Verde (French: Cap Vert), which is located in nearby Senegal and is the nearest point on the

weasel: The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha) is found in Africa south of the Congo Basin. Similar in habit to weasels of the genus Mustela, it is striped in light yellow and black, with black underparts and a long white tail.

wigeon: The Cape wigeon (A. capensis) of Africa is a nocturnal feeder.

wind turbine: Concerns about wind turbines: …controversy surrounded the 130-turbine, 468-megawatt Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, which was approved for development in April 2009 after an eight-year federal review. Located in Nantucket Sound, the project drew opposition centred on potential negative aesthetic effects the wind farm might have on scenic vistas within range…

wolf snake: The Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense), abundant from Egypt to South Africa, is a small, drab species with a metallic sheen and lives chiefly on lizards. It can grow to lengths of about 50 cm (20 inches). The common wolf snake (Lycodon aulicus) is a small,…

Cape York Peninsula, northernmost extremity of Australia, projecting into theTorres Strait between the Gulf of Carpentaria (west) and the Coral Sea (east). From its tip at Cape York it extends southward in Queensland for about 500 miles (800 km), widening to its base, which spans 400 miles (650 km)

Jonathan Cape was a British publisher who in 1921 cofounded (with George Wren Howard) the firm that bears his name; it became one of the outstanding producers of general and high-quality books in the United Kingdom. At the age of 16 Cape worked as an errand boy for a London bookseller. Later he

Jonathan Cape was a British publisher who in 1921 cofounded (with George Wren Howard) the firm that bears his name; it became one of the outstanding producers of general and high-quality books in the United Kingdom. At the age of 16 Cape worked as an errand boy for a London bookseller. Later he

Mario R. Capecchi is an Italian-born American scientist who shared, with Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies, the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on targeted gene modification. During World War II, Capecchi lived on the streets after his mother was imprisoned in Dachau,

Czech Republic: Fine, applied, and folk arts: …includes many forms of caricature: Josef Čapek, the brother of the writer Karel Čapek, is remembered for a series of drawings entitled The Dictator’s Boots, from the time when Adolf Hitler was ascending to power. Much of Czech graphic art derives its inspiration from popular, narrative art, such as the…

Karel Čapek was a Czech novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist. The son of a country doctor, Čapek suffered all his life from a spinal disease, and writing seemed a compensation. He studied philosophy in Prague, Berlin, and Paris and in 1917 settled in Prague as a writer and

Arthur Capel, 1st earl of Essex was an English statesman, a member of the “Triumvirate” that dominated policy at the time of the Popish Plot (1678). The son of Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel, who was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649, he was, after the Restoration of Charles II, created

capelin, (Mallotus villosus), marine food fish, a species of smelt, in the family Osmeridae (order Osmeriformes). The capelin is an inhabitant of cold Arctic seas around the world but extends southward to coastal waters in the northern temperate regions. Unlike many other species of smelt, the

diplomatics: The royal chanceries of medieval France and Germany: Collectively named the capella (chapel), these clerks were individually called capellani, chaplains. This close connection between the court chapel and the chancery existed under the later Carolingians and at the German and French and other royal courts, including that of England. Until well into the 12th century, European…

Capella, sixth brightest star in the night sky and the brightest in the constellation Auriga, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.08. Capella is a spectroscopic binary comprising two G-type giant stars that orbit each other every 104 days. It lies 42.2 light-years from Earth. (List of Brightest

snipe: The common snipe, Gallinago (sometimes Capella) gallinago, bears some resemblance to the related woodcock and is about 30 cm (12 inches) long, including the bill. It is a fair game bird, springing up with an unnerving squawk, flying a twisted course, and dropping suddenly to cover.…

Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a native of North Africa and an advocate at Carthage whose prose and poetry introduction to the liberal arts was of immense cultural influence down to the late Middle Ages. Capella’s major work was written perhaps about ad 400 and certainly before 439. Its

André Le Chapelain was a French writer on the art of courtly love, best known for his three-volume treatise Liber de arte honeste amandi et reprobatione inhonesti amoris (c. 1185; “Book of the Art of Loving Nobly and the Reprobation of Dishonourable Love”). He is thought to have been a chaplain at

Compaq: Decline, rebound, stagnation, and sale to Hewlett-Packard: …CEO, and in July 1999 Michael Capellas, who had joined Compaq in 1998 as its chief information officer, was appointed Compaq’s president and CEO.

Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, baron van der Capellen was the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1816–26) who helped draw up a new Dutch colonial policy for the Indies. Van der Capellen first saw service in the Dutch judiciary and as minister of the interior (1809–10). As governor-general,

pasta: …spaghettini, and the very fine vermicelli (“little worms”). Tubular types include macaroni, shaped into tubes of 1 2 -inch (12.7-mm) diameter, such variations as the small elbow-shaped pieces called dita lisci, and the large, fluted, elbow-shaped pieces called rigatoni. Ribbon types include the wide lasagna and the narrow linguini. Farfels

Bianca Capello was a Venetian noblewoman, renowned for her beauty and intelligence, whose court intrigues were the scandal of her time. Against the will of her family, Bianca ran off and married a young Florentine named Pietro Buonaventuri. She soon became the mistress of Francesco I de’ Medici, at

Battle of Caporetto: Clashes on the Isonzo: Luigi Capello’s Second Army captured a large part of the Bainsizza Plateau (Banjška Planota or Banjšice) north of Gorizia, but a long-sustained effort brought no further success, and Cadorna was forced to break off the offensive on September 12. However, the modest Italian victory so…

Louis Cappel was a French Huguenot theologian and Hebrew scholar. Cappel studied theology at Sedan and Saumur, both in France, and Arabic at the University of Oxford, where he spent two years in England. In 1613 he accepted the chair of Hebrew at Saumur, and in 1633 he became professor of theology

Paul Simon: Solo career and world music: Walcott became Simon’s collaborator on The Capeman, Simon’s first Broadway musical, which opened in January 1998 and was a critical and commercial failure. Based on a highly publicized 1959 New York City murder involving a Puerto Rican street gang, The Capeman featured a score by Simon (Walcott collaborated on the…

Capena, ancient city of southern Etruria, Italy, frequently mentioned with the ancient Etruscan cities of Veii and Falerii. It was probably a colony of Veii, but after Veii’s fall it became subject to Rome. Out of its territory the Stellatine tribe (one of the tribes of the Roman people) was formed

biogeographic region: South African kingdom: The South African, or Capensic, kingdom (Figure 1) consists of the southern and southwestern tip of Africa, the area around the Cape of Good Hope (hence, the designation “Capensic”). It is remarkably rich in plants; 11 families and 500 genera are endemic.…

caper, (genus Capparis), genus of some 250 species of low prickly trees, shrubs, or lianas (family Capparaceae). Several species are cultivated for their edible parts. The European caperbush (Capparis spinosa) is known for its flower buds, which are pickled in vinegar and used as a pungent

Brassicales: Brassicaceae, Capparaceae, and Cleomaceae: Members of Capparaceae, the caper family, are trees, shrubs, or lianas, sometimes herbs, that are usually found in the tropics. The family may contain up to 16 genera and 480 species, although some genera currently included may not belong there. Capparis (about 250 species) is pantropical but…

caper: The European caperbush (Capparis spinosa) is known for its flower buds, which are pickled in vinegar and used as a pungent condiment; the term caper also refers to one of the pickled flower buds. The buds and fruits of karira (C. decidua) are eaten as vegetables,…

capercaillie, European game bird of the grouse family. See

capercaillie, European game bird of the grouse family. See

Antarctica: Sea life: The pygmy right whale is endemic to Antarctic and subantarctic waters. The killer whale, one of the most intelligent of marine animals, hunts in packs and feeds on larger animals, such as fish, penguins and other aquatic birds, seals, dolphins, and other whales. Despite its name,…

Capernaum, ancient city on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. It was Jesus’ second home and, during the period of his life, a garrison town, an administrative centre, and a customs station. Jesus chose his disciples Peter, Andrew, and Matthew from Capernaum and performed many of

Battle of the Chesapeake, (September 5, 1781), in the American Revolution, French naval victory over a British fleet that took place outside Chesapeake Bay. The outcome of the battle was indispensable to the successful Franco-American Siege of Yorktown from August to October. Lord Charles

Louis XVI was the last king of France (1774–92) in the line of Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. The monarchy was abolished on September 21, 1792; later Louis and his queen consort, Marie-Antoinette, were guillotined on charges of counterrevolution. Louis was the third son

Capetian dynasty, ruling house of France from 987 to 1328, during the feudal period of the Middle Ages. By extending and consolidating their power, the Capetian kings laid the foundation of the French nation-state. The Capetians all descended from Robert the Strong (died 866), count of Anjou and of

John Capgrave was a historian, theologian, and hagiographer who wrote an English Life of St. Katharine, vigorous in its verse form and dramatically energetic in its debate. His work illustrates well the literary tastes and circumstances of his time. Capgrave became a priest, lectured in theology at

Feodosiya, city, southern Ukraine. It lies on the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula on the western shores of Feodosiya Bay. The city is located on the site of the ancient colony Theodosia, the native name of which was Ardabda. Terra-cottas show it to have been inhabited in the 6th century

Capernaum, ancient city on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. It was Jesus’ second home and, during the period of his life, a garrison town, an administrative centre, and a customs station. Jesus chose his disciples Peter, Andrew, and Matthew from Capernaum and performed many of

Capibaribe River, river in northeastern Brazil. It rises in the Cariris Velhos mountain range and flows intermittently east for 150 miles (240 km) to enter the Atlantic Ocean at the city of

Capibaribe River, river in northeastern Brazil. It rises in the Cariris Velhos mountain range and flows intermittently east for 150 miles (240 km) to enter the Atlantic Ocean at the city of

capillarity, rise or depression of a liquid in a small passage such as a tube of small cross-sectional area, like the spaces between the fibres of a towel or the openings in a porous material. Capillarity is not limited to the vertical direction. Water is drawn into the fibres of a towel, no matter

capillary, in human physiology, any of the minute blood vessels that form networks throughout the bodily tissues; it is through the capillaries that oxygen, nutrients, and wastes are exchanged between the blood and the tissues. The capillary networks are the ultimate destination of arterial blood

chromatography, technique for separating the components, or solutes, of a mixture on the basis of the relative amounts of each solute distributed between a moving fluid stream, called the mobile phase, and a contiguous stationary phase. The mobile phase may be either a liquid or a gas, while the

chromatography: Subsequent developments: …or Golay, columns, now called open-tubular columns and characterized by their open design and an internal diameter of less than one millimetre, had an explosive impact on chromatographic methodology. It is now possible to separate hundreds of components of a mixture in a single chromatographic experiment.

vadose zone: This zone also includes the capillary fringe above the water table, the height of which will vary according to the grain size of the sediments. In coarse-grained mediums the fringe may be flat at the top and thin, whereas in finer grained material it will tend to be higher and…

millerite, a nickel sulfide mineral (NiS) found in carbonate veins, as at Keokuk, Iowa, or as an alteration product of other nickel minerals, as at Andreas-Berg, Ger. Other occurrences are in meteorites and as a sublimation product on Vesuvius. Millerite forms pale brass-yellow crystals that belong

viscometer: In the capillary tube viscometer, the pressure needed to force the fluid to flow at a specified rate through a narrow tube is measured. Other types depend on measurements of the time taken for a sphere to fall through the fluid, or of the force needed to…

capillary wave, small, free, surface-water wave with such a short wavelength that its restoring force is the water’s surface tension, which causes the wave to have a rounded crest and a V-shaped trough. The maximum wavelength of a capillary wave is 1.73 centimetres (0.68 inch); longer waves are

chromatography: Column chromatography: These are open tubular columns. The coating may be a liquid or a solid. For gaseous mobile phases, the superior performance is due to the length and the thin film of the stationary phase. The columns are highly permeable to gases and do not require excessive driving…

aulos: …the Greeks often tied a phorbeia (Latin: capistrum), or leather strap, across the cheeks for additional support. During the Classical period auloi were equal in length, but this was not often true in later versions. Classical writers make few clear references to technical details for modern scholars to determine further…

hogfish: One hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus, usually occurs in the warm subtropical marine waters from Florida to Bermuda to the South American coast. Most specimens are red to pinkish in colour, and many reach a length of 60 cm (2 feet). Characteristically three or four anterior spines of the…

Das Kapital, one of the major works of the 19th-century economist and philosopher Karl Marx (1818–83), in which he expounded his theory of the capitalist system, its dynamism, and its tendencies toward self-destruction. He described his purpose as to lay bare “the economic law of motion of modern

capital, in architecture, crowning member of a column, pier, anta, pilaster, or other columnar form, providing a structural support for the horizontal member (entablature) or arch above. In the Classical styles, the capital is the architectural member that most readily distinguishes the order. Two

Costa-Gavras: …undocumented immigrants, Le Capital (2012; Capital), which explores corporate corruption and greed, and Adults in the Room (2019), which examines Greece’s debt crisis of 2015.

international payment and exchange: The capital account: There is also the capital account, which includes both long-term and short-term capital movements.

capital and interest, in economics, a stock of resources that may be employed in the production of goods and services and the price paid for the use of credit or money, respectively. Capital in economics is a word of many meanings. They all imply that capital is a “stock” by contrast with income,

international payment and exchange: The capital account: There is also the capital account, which includes both long-term and short-term capital movements.

Merton H. Miller: …Sharpe (who developed the “capital asset pricing model” to explain how securities prices reflect risks and potential returns). The Modigliani-Miller theorem explains the relationship between a company’s capital asset structure and dividend policy and its market value and cost of capital; the theorem demonstrates that how a manufacturing company…

Thomas Piketty: …Capital au XXIe siècle (2013; Capital in the Twenty-first Century).

Washington, D.C.: Transportation of Washington, D.C.: …in the region is the Capital Beltway, a 64-mile (103-km) interstate roadway encircling Washington and running through Maryland and Virginia. It is one of the country’s best-known highways and made famous the phrase “Inside the Beltway,” which refers, physically, to the city of Washington and its nearest suburbs and, metaphorically,…

government budget: Current and capital budget: The administrative budget traditionally deals only with current expenditures; in many countries, some items are regarded as inappropriate for inclusion because they finance capital expenditures or are loans to other public bodies. Such items are then included “below the line,” and the traditional…

Washington Wizards, American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards (then known as the Washington Bullets) made four trips to the National Basketball Association (NBA) finals in the 1970s and won an NBA championship in the 1977–78 season. Founded in 1961 as the Chicago

Peking University, university in Beijing, one of the oldest and most important institutions of higher learning in China. Its total enrollment is about 35,000. The school originated as the Capital College, which was founded in 1898 by the Guangxu emperor as part of his short-lived program to

Consider these scenarios: What tax consequences do you have when you sell those stocks? What about the house? Does it matter how long you owned these assets? And what about all that money you spent improving your home? These are examples of capital assets, which generate a capital gain or loss when

capital gains tax, in the United States, a tax levied on gains, or profits, realized from the sale or exchange of capital assets. Whereas capital gains are realized when a capital asset is sold or exchanged for more than its original price or value, capital losses are incurred when the asset is

economic forecasting: Forecasting the GNP and its elements: Capital investment by business (spending for new plants and equipment) is particularly important. The incomes generated in the process of manufacturing new equipment and building new plants play a major role in increasing consumer spending during periods of expansion. But when investment slumps, employment and…

Thomas Piketty: …Capital au XXIe siècle (2013; Capital in the Twenty-first Century).

Egypt: Transportation and telecommunications: To the east, the Capital International Airport opened later the same year to serve a new city set to become Egypt’s capital in 2020. Other international airports can be found throughout Egypt, including at Alexandria and Sharm el-Sheikh. The national airline, EgyptAir, runs external services throughout the Middle East…

majuscule, in calligraphy, capital, uppercase, or large letter in most alphabets, in contrast to the minuscule, lowercase, or small letter. All the letters in a majuscule script are contained between a single pair of (real or theoretical) horizontal lines. The Latin, or Roman, alphabet uses both

capital levy, strictly defined, a direct tax assessed simultaneously on the capital resources of all persons possessing taxable wealth in excess of a minimum value and paid at least partly out of capital resources. This definition excludes death duties because in any given year their application is

economic stabilizer: Interest-rate policy: …the economic system; namely, financial markets. For simplicity, the model has only one financial market; there is only one class of financial instruments (referred to as “securities”) and only one yield (a single interest rate). The standard security may be thought of as a bond promising to pay annually a…

capital market integration, process by which capital markets are integrated with one another rather than segmented, leading to a convergence of market risk and price. The global integration of capital markets is at once a principal driver of globalization and a hallmark of the increasingly

bullfighting: Bullfighting and the arts: Hemingway’s short story The Capital of the World (1936) was turned into a ballet of the same name in 1953. The plot of the story and ballet revolves around the young, idealistic Paco, who goes to Madrid to become a matador but grows disillusioned with his discovery of…

capital punishment, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law. The term death penalty is sometimes used interchangeably with

Capital punishment is legal in some U.S. states and not legal in others. In some states it has been officially or effectively put on hold as a result of gubernatorial actions. The map and table below indicate the legal or effective status, methods, and recent history of capital punishment in each

The launch of London’s Capital Radio in October 1973 came some 16 years after the British government had outlawed the previous batch of commercial stations, the so-called pirates, whose staff and style had been recruited and diluted to shape Radio 1, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s new

Capital Radio: The launch of London’s Capital Radio in October 1973 came some 16 years after the British government had outlawed the previous batch of commercial stations, the so-called pirates, whose staff and style had been recruited and diluted to shape Radio 1, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s…

capital structure, amount and type of permanent capital invested in a business concern. A firm’s capital structure includes all outstanding capital stock and surplus, as well as long-term creditor capital. Other items included in the capital structure are pension-fund liabilities, deferred taxes

economics: Labour: Capital theory has since become the dominant analytical tool of the labour economists, replacing or supplementing the traditional theory of consumer behaviour. The economics of training and education, the economics of information, the economics of migration, the economics of health, and the economics of poverty…

gift tax, a levy imposed on gratuitous transfers of property—i.e., those made without compensation. Provisions for such taxes are common in national tax systems. In the tax systems of many nations, gift taxes are integrated to some degree with an estate (inheritance) tax. The relationship stems not

Columbus: The contemporary city: …learning include Franklin University (1902), Capital University (1830), Ohio Dominican College (1911), Otterbein University (1847), Pontifical College Josephinum (1888), Columbus College of Art and Design (1879), Columbus State Community College (1963), and state schools for the hearing and visually impaired. Notable research organizations are Battelle Memorial Institute (1929; technology), the…

property tax: Administration: …of property are rental value, capital value, and market value. In European countries the assessment of real property is commonly based on its capital value. The traditional thinking is that capital value can be estimated on the basis of rental values, treating them as earnings on capital. However, most European…